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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

Alleged mastermind of the September 11 attacks

US Politics · 20 Oct 2026Supreme Court denies 9/11 mastermind’s bid to reinstate plea deal

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a petition from Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the accused mastermind of the September 11, 2001 attacks, to restore plea agreements that would have spared him and two co-defendants the death penalty. The denial keeps capital punishment on the table as the case proceeds toward a military trial scheduled for June 2028.